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Dixieland

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Intro
D   G   D   Bm   A    D
DI am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man and I come from County CGlare 
And the Brits would hang me for a FDenian so I took me leave of tBmhere 
And I crDossed the ocean in the "Arrianne", the vilest tub aGfloat 
And the captain's brother was a railroad mDan and he met us at the Bmboat 
So I Ajoined up with the 20th Maine lGike I said my friend I'm a fighting Aman 
And we're Dmarchin' sEmouth in the poF#muring raGin
We're Aall goin' down to DDixieland 
DI am Kilrain of the 20th Maine and we fight for ChamberGlain 
'Cause he stood right with us when the JDohnnies came like a banshee on the Bmwind 
In the sDmoke smeared hell of Gettysburg many a mother Gwept 
For many a good boy dDied there, sure, and the air smelt just like Bmdeath 
I aAm the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I Gmarched to hell and back aAgain 
For DColonel EmJoshua F#mChamberGlain - 
we're Aall goin' down to DDixieland
I Dam the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I damn all gentleGmen 
Whose only worth is their father's Dname and the sweat of a workin' Bmman 
Well we Dcome from the farms and the city streets and a hundred foreign Glands 
And we spilled our blood in the battle's hDeat Now we're all BmAmericans 
I aAm the Kilrain of the 20th Maine did I Gtell you friend I'm a fightin' Aman 
And I'll Dnot be Emback this F#mway agGain, 
'cause we're Aall goin' down to DDixieland

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Dixieland

by Steve Earle

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F#m

Intro

D G D Bm A D

D G

I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man and I come from County Clare

D Bm

And the Brits would hang me for a Fenian so I took me leave of there

D G

And I crossed the ocean in the "Arrianne", the vilest tub afloat

D Bm

And the captain's brother was a railroad man and he met us at the boat

A G A

So I joined up with the 20th Maine like I said my friend I'm a fighting man

D Em F#m G

And we're marchin' south in the pouring rain

A D

We're all goin' down to Dixieland

D G

I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine and we fight for Chamberlain

D Bm

'Cause he stood right with us when the Johnnies came like a banshee on the wind

D G

In the smoke smeared hell of Gettysburg many a mother wept

D Bm

For many a good boy died there, sure, and the air smelt just like death

A G A

I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I marched to hell and back again

D Em F#m G

For Colonel Joshua Chamberlain -

A D

we're all goin' down to Dixieland

D G

I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I damn all gentlemen

D Bm

Whose only worth is their father's name and the sweat of a workin' man

D G

Well we come from the farms and the city streets and a hundred foreign lands

D Bm

And we spilled our blood in the battle's heat Now we're all Americans

A G A

I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine did I tell you friend I'm a fightin' man

D Em F#m G

And I'll not be back this way again,

A D

'cause we're all goin' down to Dixieland

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